Underwater Welding Research Paper

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I chose to write my research paper on underwater welding. Ever since i was about nine i have been fascinated with welding, i seen a few of Rob's (my father) employees weld in the shop that he own and i thought it was cool. Growing up i would always work with Rob during the summer and it made me want to build my own business like he has. Rob worked his butt off to make something of himself and give me and my family everything we need or want. I want to be able to do that for my family, i want to be able to show my children they can do anything they set their mind to despite what anyone says. I want to go to college and then work on making my own business that i can later pass down to my children. Researching this topic i learned a lot of things …show more content…

It can be classified in two different categories, dry welding and wet welding. Dry welding (also known as Hyperbaric) is where the welder works partially or fully inside of a habitat in a dry or semi-dry environment. Wet welding is welding in the water directly surrounding the welding site in a wet environment.
Dry welding has its advantages as well as disadvantages. Some of the advantages for dry welding include; better safety for the diver/welder, you have better quality welds, and surface monitoring. The disadvantages of dry welding is that it is more expensive rather than wet welding. Welders who are dry welding face complications, these complications would be: different atmospheric gas, pressure, equipment and limited space.
Wet welding comes with more disadvantages than it does with advantages. The advantages would be; it requires no construction or habitat, it is fast and cheaper. Disadvantages are; the risk of the welder is much higher, the welds aren't as good, and it is hard to assume the integrity of the welds because defects are hard to notice if they are under the surface of the weld. Welders who are wet welding also numerous complications when they went weld the most common ones are; arc construction, steaming deposition rate, bubbling effects, electrode diameter, and the underwater welder …show more content…

One factor of how you get paid his experience, if you have been working for a while you will get paid more than what someone who is just starting out would. A second factor of how you get paid would be the diving environment if it is dangerous or you go to a certain depth then you will be paid more for risking your life to do the job. Your job environment may include challenges completely out of your control the most common are, and 0° visibility, freezing temperatures, and high wave currents. You will also be paid based upon the equipment you use, distance offshore, over time, and the dive method being used. Dive methods include certain procedures and equipment the most common divide method for underwater welding is through surface supplied air. The three primary diving methods are: surface supplied air, mixed gas saturation, and scuba. Some welders my work up to 12 hours a day for 1 to 2 weeks straight, many places increase their pipe by 50% for overtime but he's company is different. Some welders believe that the overtime is usually offered to make up for the off-season when they are not being paid and they are unemployed. there are also other factors going into your pay thatmany do not know about, which would be the location, your performance, travel frequency, your education level, employment

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